Our new pediatric mental health clinic is open in Brooklyn — schedule your child’s first appointment today.
Columbus Circle and Lake Success clinics opening fall 2025!
09/05/2025
🎉 We are thrilled to share that our new clinic on Long Island is open!
🤓 We’re so excited about Brightline’s approach, our clinics, and how our in-person and virtual services change the lives of kids, teens, and families — and word is spreading fast.
🗣️ Read the full press {click the link in the comments}
👉 If you’re a NY-based therapist or psychologist who is committed to evidence-based, meaningful work, you belong at Brightline. We’re hiring in Brooklyn, Long Island, and Manhattan (opening soon!).
09/04/2025
🍇 Glue sticks, gummy treats, grape juice — it’s all sticky. But none of those things are strong enough to hold your preschooler together when they’re falling apart.
👀 We’re a few weeks into the school year. How do you know if your preschooler is feeling left out, overstimulated, or anxious?
👇 Here are three simple ways to stay close and support your child as the year progresses.
🧡 Partner with teachers
Share any relevant changes happening at home and invite them to tell you about your child’s demeanor in class.
🧡 Notice behaviors
Is your child excited or hesitant to go to preschool? Find extra opportunities to support, soothe, or talk through worries.
🧡 Keep talking
Ask specific questions about their day. Listen attentively and remember that hurt feelings, snails, and soggy sandwiches are all a big deal.
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If you’re worried your child or teen is struggling, don’t wait to talk about it.
If you can’t find the words, find the support you need.
Your child matters. Brightline is here to help.
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If you are concerned your child might hurt themselves or someone else, call or text 988, call 911, or take them to the nearest emergency room.
09/03/2025
At Brightline, we work to support the mental health of kids and teens, and we help build stronger families.
🫶 We also never forget who “we” refers to. Our clinicians are our eyes and ears on the ground in New York. They are the consistent touch with the families we serve. They hear the stories, see the tears, work through the challenges, and celebrate the wins.
😮💨 And then they go home and have to take care of themselves, their own families, and their pets.
🧡 Work/life balance matters. Mental health — for everyone — matters. You matter.
👉 If you’re looking for a company who cares about you, and not just the work you do, you belong at Brightline.
Our clinical teams are growing — join us.
09/02/2025
Su***de.
Even saying the word out loud can feel hard — especially when it relates to a child. But when it comes to your kids, one of your first defenses against it can be talking about it.
Their developing brain, a varying tolerance for distress, the digital noise around them, and family and genetic influences can all play a part in how a child or teen tries to understand themselves and their place in the world.
Plus, when you’re young, the “little” things can feel really big.
Bullying, failing tests, not making the team, and not being invited to sleepovers, study dates, and parties — they can all affect the mental health of a child or teenager.
But still.
How could a child come to the point where they think su***de is a possibility?
🧡 Anxiety, frustration, sadness, and other emotions can snowball and make the rest of life feel a little fuzzy
🧡 Heavy feelings can get larger and crowd out the lighter ones
🧡 The pressure of day-to-day life and just being a young person in the world today can build up
🧡 Losses can stack, hopelessness can set in, and wins can be difficult to find
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If you’re worried your child or teen is struggling, don’t wait to talk about it.
If you can’t find the words, find the support you need.
Your child matters. Brightline is here to help.
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If you are concerned your child might hurt themselves or someone else, call or text 988, call 911, or take them to the nearest emergency room.
09/01/2025
When your child is part of that 40%, it can affect 100% of your life.
🧡 September is Su***de Prevention Month. It marks the beginning of the time of year when su***de numbers begin to spike for teenagers, but there’s no age limit. We know younger kids might be thinking about it, too.
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If you’re worried your child or teen is struggling, don’t wait to talk about it.
If you can’t find the words, find the support you need.
Your child matters. Brightline is here to help.
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If you are concerned your child might hurt themselves or someone else, call or text 988, call 911, or take them to the nearest emergency room.
08/28/2025
✅ Our quick-read checklist offers a few helpful ways for you to help your child get mentally ready to go back to high school.
👇Download your back-to-school checklists — for every age and stage — today. {Link in bio.}
08/27/2025
📣 Our General Counsel, Sarah Weatherhead, is a force at Brightline. Among other things, she’s whip-smart, outspoken, and approachable. Sarah shared her powerful “why” with us, and we want to share it with you:
🧡 "I have two kids with special needs and I wanted a job where I felt emotionally connected to the mission. My favorite thing about Brightline is the collaborative nature of the culture, as well as the family-oriented perspective."
💫 From our leadership team to the newest employees among us, we’re all connected. Our differences, perspectives, and contributions are all important.
➡️ If you’re a licensed psychologist or masters-level therapist who’s ready to work for a company that makes you feel appreciated and heard, you belong at Brightline.
08/26/2025
A new lunchbox or laptop aren’t enough to get your child through the school year.
They need balance. Perspective. And if they’re like over 7 million kids in this country who struggle with ADHD, they need help focusing, organizing, and managing anxiety.
They also need the tools that will help them navigate the inevitable peer pressure, social media, friend issues, and heavy academic load to come.
For some kids, it’s not a matter of if things will get hard, it’s a matter of when.
Don’t wait until the missing assignments stack up to get curious about whether your child needs help.
Get them back-to-school ready — before the year begins — with Brightline.
08/25/2025
💡 When your child is one of those 7 million kids, it can affect your life in a million ways.
🎒 While your child might be all set for the school year with a fresh haircut, backpack, laptop, and lunchbox, it’s important to recognize that ready doesn’t always mean steady.
⚖️ Kids with ADHD need balance. Perspective. Help focusing, organizing, and managing anxiety.
📚 Don’t wait until the missing assignments stack up to get curious about whether your child needs help.
🌟 Get them back-to-school ready now with Brightline.
08/21/2025
Our quick-read checklist offers a few helpful ways for you to help your child get mentally ready to go back to middle school.
Download your back-to-school checklists — for every age and stage — today. {Link in bio}
08/20/2025
Our VP of Therapy, Kendra Read, PhD, is a company-wide favorite. She embraces evidence-based care, embodies our values, and has this to say about the work she does at Brightline:
We all love working with Kendra (and her whole team of carefully-chosen clinicians). If you, too, are passionate about changing lives, you belong at Brightline.
Visit our careers page to apply today. Link in comments 👇
08/19/2025
When the school year arrives, your child has everything you can think of — from new clothes and shoes to fresh sets of crayons and colored pencils (along with lots of erasers).
After holding it together in their new environment all day, your child’s unprompted (and epic) meltdowns at home send an unmistakable message: they’re feeling big emotions and lots of discomfort.
When tough transitions unlock negative behaviors in your child, the whole family can feel it. It can make even the little things go from simple to stressful.
For kids who need support, treatment shouldn’t be a last resort. In fact, it’s the best first step to take.
👉 Get your child back-to-school ready — before the year begins — with Brightline {link in bio}
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We’re reinventing behavioral and developmental care for children and families with our technology-enabled, team-based approach. With us, you’re never in this alone.
Family comes first here
Brightline was founded by a team who deeply understand the critical need for better behavioral care for children, because they’ve been there, too. We strive for our care to be nothing short of extraordinary. Everything we do is to support children and families in reaching a brighter future.
We’ve been there, too
Naomi Allen and Giovanni Colella, today our CEO and Executive Chairman, co-founded Brightline because of the ways that behavioral health challenges shaped their lives and their families—for Naomi, with her own young children, and for Giovanni, with his father. So many of us have seen and felt firsthand the impact of behavioral health on families.
Read Naomi’s story >
Let’s move forward, together
Backed by OAK HC/FT, we’ve convened a team of leading clinicians, technologists, business leaders, and creative thinkers to completely transform what pediatric behavioral health care looks like. We’re building exceptional technology and real-world care to bring a warm, supportive, and goal-oriented experience to families. And we’re all here to help children and families thrive.
